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1929 Speedway Southern League
LeagueSouthern League
No. of competitors11
ChampionsStamford Bridge
Highest averageJohnny Lloyd
Division/s other1929 Dirt Track League

The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.[1] There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year.[2][3]

Summary

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Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions,[4] just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.[5] Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.[6]

Final table

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Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Stamford Bridge 20 17 0 3 34
2 Southampton Saints 20 16 0 4 32
3 Coventry 20 14 0 6 28
4 Crystal Palace Glaziers 20 11 0 9 22
5 Wembley Lions 20 11 0 9 22
6 West Ham Hammers 20 8 0 12 16
7 White City 20 8 0 12 16
8 Harringay Canaries 20 7 0 13 14
9 Birmingham (Perry Barr) 20 7 0 13 14
10 Lea Bridge 20 6 0 14 12
11 Wimbledon Dons 20 5 0 15 10

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Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green

Top Five Riders

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Team C.M.A.
1 Johnny Lloyd Hall Green 10.80
2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.76
3 Gus Kuhn Stamford Bridge 10.28
4 Jim Kempster Wimbledon Dons 10.00
5 Colin Watson White City 9.81

Riders and averages

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Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew)

  • Johnny Lloyd 10.80
  • George Povey 7.00
  • Cyril Taft 6.86
  • Bunny Wilcox 6.86
  • Cyril Locke 6.43
  • Tommy Cross 3.60
  • Bill Stanley 0.75

Birmingham (Perry Barr)

  • Wally Lloyd 7.20
  • Arthur Johnson 6.27
  • Norman Burton 5.00
  • Georg Britt 4.50
  • Les Patrick 4.20
  • Geoff Siddaway 4.20
  • Joe Dallison 3.50
  • Johnny Lloyd 3.00
  • Bill Ashcroft 3.00
  • Tim Reid 2.05

Coventry

Crystal Palace

  • Triss Sharp 9.73
  • Wally Harris 7.50
  • Bryan Donkin 6.51
  • Joe Francis 4.98
  • Arthur Willmott 4.98
  • George Lovick 4.93
  • Jack Barrett 4.67

Harringay

  • Eric Spencer 9.64
  • Stan Spencer 6.55
  • Reg Pointer 6.28
  • Alf Medcalf 4.68
  • Lou Burger 4.43
  • Will Dennis 4.32
  • Ray Parsons 4.29
  • Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20
  • Bill Crouch 3.00
  • Bert Gerrish 0.67

Lea Bridge

  • Alf Foulds 8.12
  • Jimmy Stevens 7.70
  • Tommy Croombs 6.00
  • Stew Fairbairn 4.29
  • Harold Osment 4.20
  • Roy Dook 4.15
  • Frank Bond 4.11
  • Eric Parry 3.50
  • Alec Slow 3.14
  • Alf Merrell 3.00

Southampton

  • Eric Lister 8.90
  • Tommy Cullis 8.51
  • Clarrie Eldridge 8.15
  • Vic Collins 7.30
  • Col Stewart 6.30
  • Jimmy Hayes 6.71
  • Don Durant 5.50
  • Albert Wakerley 5.40
  • Jimmy Pink 5.33
  • Cecil Bounds 4.80
  • Ernie Rickman 4.25

Stamford Bridge

  • Gus Kuhn 10.28
  • Bert Bolt 8.48
  • Colin Ford 8.11
  • Wal Phillips 7.64
  • Dick Bellamy 7.50
  • Les Blakebrough 7.13
  • Arthur Warwick 7.00
  • Fred Ralph 6.88
  • Bill White 6.60
  • Nick Nicol 4.41
  • Bill Bragg 4.33

Wembley

  • Jack Ormston 8.25
  • Buster Frogley 8.17
  • Stan Catlett 7.76
  • Bert Fairweather 6.24
  • Len Reeve 5.79
  • Ron Hieatt 5.09
  • Jack Jackson 4.86
  • Vic Deale 3.43
  • Crawley Rous 3.00
  • Nobby Key 1.00

West Ham

  • John Williams 7.62
  • Tiger Stevenson 7.54
  • Don Durant 7.15
  • Den Taylor 5.75
  • Jack Adams 5.64
  • Reg Bounds 5.60
  • Bruce McCallum 5.50
  • Ivor Creek 4.80
  • Maurice Bradshaw 4.00
  • Bluey Wilkinson 3.60
  • Buzz Hibberd 3.18
  • Les Maguire 5.74

White City

  • Colin Watson 9.81
  • Harold Crook 6.65
  • Del Forster 6.22
  • Clem Cort 5.28
  • Hilary Buchanan 5.21
  • Larry Coffey 4.80
  • Fred Hore 4.36
  • Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29
  • Frank Ewen 3.09

Wimbledon

  • Jim Kempster 10.00
  • Mart Sieffert 7.83
  • Jimmy Stevens 6.75
  • Cecil Brown 6.20
  • Alf Sawford 5.71
  • Les Dearth 4.86
  • Dudley Cox 4.36
  • Alf Summersby 4.24
  • Jack Kidwell 4.11
  • Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46
  • Fred Osborne 3.00
  • Sid Chambers 2.45
  • Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62

See also

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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

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  1. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  3. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "On the Speedway". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 September 1929. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5
  6. ^ "Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934". Cyber Motorcycle. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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